72 – World 11. Divine Sword Union Day (5)
Ayla, who expressed her gratitude once, spoke again.
“Now that all the shielding facilities have been sorted out, power will be supplied to the entire city. Instead, it’s a shame that rumors have spread and calls from other cities are constantly coming in.”
“Are you getting calls from other cities?”
“Yes. Excluding overlapping cities, I get 60 to 70 calls every day.”
In other words, 60 or 70 surviving cities?
No, it seemed more accurate to say that there were 60 to 70 cities that could be contacted.
‘Besides, they wouldn’t have been talking for a minute or two after contacting me.’
It would not be an exaggeration to say that I sat there almost all day and received calls.
“Is it because of the death fog?”
“that’s right. They usually ask how you dealt with the death fog, and if you can deal with the death fog in your own city.”
Well.
Hearing Ayla’s words, I thought that I could make money if I used it well.
You just need to get paid to dispose of the death fog.
The problem was that the fog of death had to be cleared periodically.
‘Should I clean it once every two weeks?’
Not only that, but requesting a shield also made things more complicated.
It was because the city itself was so large that it was comparable to a small country, so it was impossible to blindly install a protective shield.
In fact, the maintenance of the protective film was more of a problem than installation.
“Are you asking me to deal with the fog of death in another city?”
“Is it possible?”
“It should be possible, but… it’s a bit troublesome because it has to be dealt with periodically.”
If all 60 or 70 cities were cleared of the death fog, they would have to visit them every two weeks.
‘I think it’ll be enough in 2-3 hours.’
While thinking about it, Ayla opened her mouth again.
“If Lee Seong-min does it, we will be able to use that as an excuse to rip things off. Like professional skills programs, for example.”
“A professional skills program?”
“Yes. You said before that you wanted to have technology as well.”
As Ayla said, after asking for 50 biometric IDs and 50 connectors, I asked my colleagues for the next transaction and asked about the technology here.
Ayla replied that universal technology was possible, but technology that was monopolized by each city was impossible.
Listening to it, it seemed that she intended to receive the technology as a condition of dealing with the death fog.
“…”
Of course, it was one of my goals to acquire the technology of this world, so I was worried inside.
‘It’s once every two weeks, so I have to deal with the fog of death 24 times a year.’
Thinking about the number of times, I thought it was worth doing.
‘Well, if I suffer in this world, the future will be easier.’
I thought about that and was about to give permission, but Ayla spoke first, as if she had thought of something.
“To be honest, I don’t like it. Even if you clear the death fog, the problem will pile up like a mountain. If I have to, I might move here.”
“You mean migration is a problem.”
“Because this city is not stable yet. We can’t even afford to accept migrants.”
Then, wouldn’t it be okay to just cut it off and say that migrants are not accepted?
I thought about it, but there was no way that human-to-human conversations would fit so tightly.
Whether it’s begging, begging, threatening, he’ll do anything.
Ayla seemed to hate that kind of thing.
“Still, you said you need technical skills, so if you want, I’ll proceed with the deal.”
“How do you deal with the migration issue?”
“You have to ask for a price so high that you can refuse it on your own.”
After hearing it, I wondered if there would be a problem later, but my colleagues were living in District 1.
At least that means no direct harm.
Besides, my work had to be more important than Ayla’s circumstances, so I had no choice but to nod.
“Yes. Then I beg you. By the way, it might be difficult to get to the shield.”
“You mean it only clears the fog of death? Do not worry.”
After replying that the death fog was enough, Ayla showed a contemplative face for a moment to see if she hadn’t finished speaking yet.
“Also… I have a request from a colleague of Lee Seong-min, so I want to ask you something.”
“A request from my colleague?”
“One person asked for 100 top-of-the-line Androids.”
“…”
Who is it?
It wasn’t just one or two people that came to mind.
“But I don’t even have 100. Thanks to that, after talking for a while, we finally reached an agreement in our 20s.”
“So you’re saying you want to entrust me and a colleague with 20 androids?”
“For now. If Lee Seong-min refuses, it will be something that never happened.”
It was said that it was a top-notch Android, so if it was 4 million credits per unit, it was about 80 million credits.
80 billion in Hanwha.
It was by no means a low price, so I decided to listen.
“Can I listen and decide?”
Isla nodded and continued.
“As you may know, I am not the ruler of this city. You are my father, to be exact. However, after connecting to another world, my father has not closed the connection.”
End of connection?
“You mean you’re not terminating the connection, so you’re still in another world?”
“that’s right. In fact, my father wanted to catch the King in order to save this city.”
“…”
Having fought against level 0-4 monsters, I couldn’t even guess how strong the level 5 monsters and kings were.
However, I guessed that even the 4th stage would be difficult with the player’s strength.
‘Even so, it’s a bad king.’
Of course, it was impossible to conclude that it was wrong because everything was over only when the Queen was captured.
Anyway, thinking about that, I guessed Ayla’s request and said.
“You want to find your father.”
“Yes. If you die, the connection is automatically disconnected, so there is a high possibility that you are still alive in some form. If finding and rescuing is difficult, you can kill them.”
It was a request to somehow get me out of another world.
Lee Si-yeon, who was listening, asked Ayla if there was anything suspicious.
“Can’t I disconnect the connection at will?”
“My guess is that he lost consciousness or did something special.”
“Certainly, asking Seongmin was a good thing, but…”
Lee Si-yeon thought for a moment and then asked me.
“What do you want to do?”
“I’m thinking about it.”
“What are you thinking about? It’s something that can be easily solved by adding me or someone else to the hero card.”
“It is, but.”
It was a problem that could be solved quickly by putting Lee Si-yeon and Shin Ji-ae in the hero card without having to go far.
I mean, both are great.
There was just one thing that bothered me.
“You don’t know where your father is, do you?”
“People who were with me say that they met a Level 5 entity when they went to a place far away from the Cairo Fortress in the Kingdom of Jerden.”
“A level 5 entity?”
“I don’t think my father was captured by that stage 5 entity.”
Once there, there was a high possibility of fighting the 5th stage entity.
I turned my head for a moment and looked at Karina, who was listening to the story in a disconcerted manner.
“Miss Karina. If I were to fight a Tier 5 entity now, would I have a chance?”
“I’ve said it before, but I don’t think it is. You also had a hard time fighting the 4th stage entity.”
Karina answered as if she had guessed, perhaps conscious of the eyes around her.
‘Well, even if I can’t, my colleagues will be.’
It was unimaginable that his colleagues who had gone through metamorphosis and body transcendence would be pushed aside by the 5th stage entity.
“What are you going to do?”
I nodded slowly at Lee Si-yeon’s question.
“It will be fine. It will take longer than I thought.”
I don’t know the exact location, so it will take time, but I thought it wouldn’t be bad for an Android 20-year-old.
As Lee Si-yeon said, if you put it in your hero card, there will be no problem with force.
Ayla, who heard my answer again, said with a puzzled face.
“By the way, what do you mean by putting it in something called a hero card?”
“Because I can move people and things with my skills.”
“Yes? No… Moving aside, in the case of Lee Si-yeon, can’t we just connect?”
“When you first connect, everyone is weak. Me and Lee Si-yeon are the same.”
Having answered that much, I thought that was enough and asked Lee Si-yeon and Shin Ji-ae right next to me.
“How are you two?”
“You want to take Shin Ji-ae with me? Yes, do it.”
Lee Si-yeon nodded happily, as if she judged that it was not a big deal.
Shin Ji-ae also nodded and accepted.
‘Since the two accepted…’
The only ones left were Karina, Muel, and Ren.
I don’t know where Ayla’s father was taken, but there’s a good chance that I’ll get achievements and achievements if I look for them, so I thought it wouldn’t be okay if we all went together.
“Would you like to go with Karina?”
“Me too? Is that okay?”
Karina asked in surprise, as if she hadn’t expected it at all.
Then Siyeon Lee, who was by her side, encouraged Karina by saying that it was a good idea.
“Did you say Karina? It’s okay, so let’s go together.”
“…”
Seeing Lee Si-yeon’s attitude, which anyone could see clearly, I wondered if she was saying something useless.
* * *
Afterwards, we talked until the evening and finished our meal, then I connected to the connection for a while.
To swing the sword once more.
‘Abandon obsession…’
I thought I knew what that meant now.
I calmly lifted the greatsword and swung it, imagining in my head the biggest attack I could unleash, not a new sword merger.
It gathers all the muscular strength of the whole body and transmits it to the tip of the sword.
With each swing, I felt that the power to transmit gradually increased.
‘Is this the calm step-by-step thing Karina said?’
I don’t know if it’s an illusion here, but when I thought it was gradually changing to resemble the sword I used to spread.
[You have attained the realization of the unity of the body and sword.]
I was also able to get a new sword union.